WASHINGTON, D.C.—A recent, nation-wide poll suggests there is a common theme among emergency room physicians when it comes to the things you should avoid: And that theme walks on four...
Mark your calendars: The $20,000 MeadowGrove & Friends 1.20 Classic returns to Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) this weekend on Sunday, March 9—and it’s bringing its biggest year yet. Just...
OCALA, FLORIDA—By midday, the dust cloud had reached above the Live oak tree line, and could be seen for miles along US-27N. The strange mass prompted immediate concern from the...
Swedish dressage rider Carl Hedin spends a lot of time considering what makes his horses “happy.” His method for evaluating their day-to-day satisfaction is based on the three Fs: friends,...
MTM Vivre Le Reve doesn’t have a great poker face. When he comes to the ring amped to compete, Brian Moggre says, he's not exactly subtle about it. “I knew...
There’s an old saying that reemerges every year in the U.S. around this time, on green mugs and T-shirts in the lead-up to St. Patrick’s Day: “If you’re lucky enough...
“How many helmets have you had to replace?” It’s a common, inside-baseball question among competitive equestrians. Because—let’s face it—most, if not all, of us have suffered falls and blows to...
Ten years ago, when Duarte Seabra was flying around cross-country courses at Lexington and Badminton, he couldn’t conceive of doing anything else. Flash forward and the Portuguese rider has two,...
Two of the world’s top international riders have pulled their names from team consideration for the 2025 Longines League of Nations. Swiss Olympic champion Steve Guerdat, currently ranked at No....
You can’t say they pulled any punches when it came to high-drama. Armed Services Night under the lights at the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Ocala brought all the action:...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Following the “saving” of TikTok last week, U.S. intelligence agencies have apparently adopted a strike-first approach to confuse and potentially debilitate the Chinese, who they fear could be spying...
Winter comes but once a year, but every year, it takes horse people hopelessly by surprise. We are shocked by its sudden vigor, its lack of pity. The absolute relish...
A new year is bringing a new team lineup for the second annual Longines League of Nations™ series. With the first event kicking off once again in Abu Dhabi, the...
Like other wonderful things in this world—hot sauce, hand cream, double-chocolate cake—a little bit of Toulayna goes a long way. The famously sharp, speedy, and high-strung mare is coming into...
OCALA, FLORIDA—Inspired by Mark Zuckerberg and Meta’s recent decision to remove third-party fact-checking from Facebook and Instagram, Level 4 Course Designer Greg Guthrie is pushing to eliminate "the tedium of...
Planning a top horse’s annual show schedule is no fly-by-night operation. Riders and their teams invest hours making a plan, thoughtfully working backward from events where they hope their horses...
North Carolina-based Olympic eventer Doug Payne is nothing if not versatile. Currently sitting in the top 250 in the FEI Eventing World Athlete Rankings, over the last 30 years, Payne...
Having stepped back from championship-level competition in 2021, four-time Olympian Beezie Madden is like the Tracy Chapman of show jumping. We don’t get to hear or watch her ride nearly...
There’s a well-known saying, now a charming lyric in a newly released country song, that claims that “Good horses come home.” At Paris Olympian Ashlee Bond’s farm, they also entertain...
For many riders, it can take years to put the pieces of a partnership together with a new mount. For Richard Vogel, it took five weeks. On Sunday, the German...
